Mrs. Morton (Becky) Fry holds a green glass cup and
saucer she is collecting. The old family spinning wheel is in
perfect condition. The picture is a flour sack from the old
Fry’s gristmill.
Fry Family
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them at Vintage, New Holland
and Green Dragon.
The Fry farm has 225 acres, 125
acres of it in production. Most of
it is planted in nursery stock.
They also rent some other farms.
They grow 150 acres of hay and
100 acres of com besides the 14
acres of crown vetch and the 70
acres of crown vetch seed. They
had a Holstein dairy herd until
two years ago.
Morton is the seventh
generation to farm this farm.
Hunts Martin was the original
pioneer in 1740. After him was
Morton Fry, then Morton Fry Jr.
He had Frysville Post Office. He
built a grist mill and saw mill,
creamery and distillery, also a
big cafe in the mill. His son John
succeeded him and built a new
mill. His son Jacob operated the
mill until 1918. Miles is Jacob’s
son.
The sandstone house of Mr. and
Mrs. Miles Fry was built in 1773
and has been restored and added
to. It is furnished in beautiful
antiques. They are the sixth
generation to live in this house.
The stone house Mr. and Mrs.
Morton S. Fry live in was built in
1764 and their stone bam was
built about the same time. Both
are in excellent condition, the
barn having been pointed and the
house restored and modernized.
The office in their home is
paneled with boards from the old
mill. The ceiling light fixture is a
converted drive wheel from their
old horse power which was used
for threshing and other power
jobs. They have a large 1856
Ephrata Township map, with
names of families who lived
there, on the wall.
There are numerous antiques
such as a collection of Indian
arrowheads, cradle scythes, old
flour sacks, sleigh bells and
wooden forte hanging about the
walls.
Mrs. Becky Fry, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Gill of
Arizona, lived on a farm on the
Kentucky-Tennessee border till
she was six years old. The family
moved to Louisville, Kentucky
and was there until Becky was a
freshman in college She went to
the University of Kentucky two
years. She was enrolled in
medical technology and bac
teriology.
It was there she met Morton.
He graduated from there, having
had four years in general
agriculture. Becky says “I prefer
the farm. I was raised in the city
and tried both.”
Morton and Becky have four
children. Vincent is in eleventh
grade at Ephrata Sr. High
School, taking the academic
course. He is in the ski club and
the ecology club. He is interested
in archeology and has a large
collection of Indian arrowheads.
He is interested in American
history, especially World War 11.
He wants to go to college, then
join the air force. His hobby is
building radio controlled model
airplanes.
Victoria, “Vicki”, is in eighth
grade at Ephrata Jr. High
School. She is in the mixed chorus
and in the gymnastics club. She
has a first year 4-H Angus steer,
two riding horses and a pony. She
sells Christmas cards and gifts.
She is a good cook and cake
baker. She takes turns cooking
the evening meal with her
brother Tony. She likes to roller
skate and ice skate but her
favorite pastime is horseback
riding.
Tony is 11 years old and is in
fifth grade at Bergstrasse
Elementary School. “He is very
mechanical and a great fixer”,
says his mother. He is on the
farm equipment all the time He
built a collapsible hothouse. He is
a good salesman and takes an
active interest in a lot of things.
He loves to cook and is an ex
cellent pie baker.
Simon will be four years old in
June. These children had racoons
and opossums for awhile. Their
pet now is a skunk named “Hunk
Poo” which they have had two
years.
Morton belongs to the Penn
sylvania Nurserymen
Association, the American
Nurserymen Association, the
Maryland Nurserymen
Association, International Shade
Tree Conference and the Penn
sylvania Farmers Association.
He has a collection of horsedrawn
vehicles and farm implements.
He has a wicker basket buggy, a
wicker sleigh and a surrey with
fringe on top.
Frys belong to Bethany U.C.C.
Church, Ephrata. Morton is a
deacon.
Becky was on the International
Christian Youth Exchange
committee last yer. She en
tertained an exchange student
from Korea for five months in
1971. She has taught a Sunday
School class, sang in the choir
and was on the board of Christian
education. Vincent is a student
trustee. Vicki is in the youth choir
and in the youth group.
Becky and Morton have
belonged to the Cbcalico Valley
Histroical Society for four years
She had open house when they
had their tour last December.
Becky has belonged to Lan
caster Kennel Club about 10
years. She raises Dachshund and
Saint Bernard dogs. She has two
male and eight female
Dachshund dogs and one male
and one female Saint Bernard
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Mrs. Fry, before their living room fireplace, holds a
Majolica spitton. More Majolica pieces are on the mantel and
an old oil painting of their farm hangs above the mantel.
Sometimes she sells 60 or more
a year but she says “I’m more
interested in quality than
quantity I dabble in taking them
to local shows.” She takes them
to Reading, Lancaster,
Harrisburg and Philadelphia and
has taken some prizes
Tony had a Welsh Corgi dog
Becky would like to get a couple
more of them
Vincent has a miniature
Schnauzer and Vicki has a
Brittany Spaniel Becky hopes to
build a kennel this year.
Becky has brought many fine
family heirlooms down from
their attic and, together with
some they bought, has their home
furnished with them
Some of the more outstanding
ones are an old Victorian sofa, a
spinning wheel and a cellarette.
A prized possession is an oil
painting of their farm which is
over 100 years old, done by a
friend of the family. She has
several agateware pieces and
some old wooden kitchen
gadgets.
Becky has a collection of
Majolica ware they have bought
A favorite piece is a spittoon her
husband bought for her birthday
She has some End Of Hie Day
glassware and a collection of old
bottles. She has started to collect
some green glassware.
Becky does a lot of sewing for
herself and Vicki. Her mother
was a good seamstress and
taught her when she was a young
girl. She made mother-daughter
outfits for Easter. She makes a
lot of Christmas gifts and
boutique balls. She says “I don’t
believe in buying commercial
gifts.”
Becky loves to read all kinds of
books and has to discipline
herself to keep from reading all
the time. She likes to study
contract bridge and plays four or
five games a year.
She also loves to ski. She
started four years ago and their
older children started this year.
She says “Skiing is my fovorite
outside sport and contract bridge
is my favorite inside sport.”
Frys have two gardens and
they do a lot of freezing
vegetables.
Becky finds time to do some
community work. She was
captain of Section Nine of
Ephrata Township Cancer Drive
two years.
Of all her interests, her main
ones are raising dogs and her
antiques but she says the children
come first. She is kept busy
chauffeuring them. She opens her
house to lots of company. She
says it looks like a teen rec enter
in summer.
Here are some of the favorite
Fry family recipes:
Thick Potato Soup
3 to 4 cups chopped celery
6 cups diced potatoes
1 onion
Cook in 4 cups water. Add:
4 cups milk (add 1 more cup of
milk if too thick)
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2 tablespoons butter
4 hard boiled eggs, diced
2 teaspoons salt
Dash of pepper
Heat and add.
M> teaspoon onion salt
'2 teaspoon celery salt
I 8 ounce can of minced clams,
drained
Makes 12 servings
Miz
8 to 10 slices of bread, crumbled
2 cans of minced clams and juice
3 teaspoons mustard (prepared)
% cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Dash pepper
Mix and put in clam shells
(These can be bought).
Cover with dry bread crumbs
and dot with butter. Bake 30 to 35
minutes at 350 degrees (Have to
dry away from shell and get nice
and brown.)
Fills at least 8 shells
Saged (Creamed) Hamburger
Brown •
IV4 pound hamburger
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon celery salt
2 tablespoons flour
Add:
Milk enough to cover and be thick
V 2 teaspoon sage, or to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Serve over an ounce package of
cooked munchen noodles.
Quick Hamburger Stroganoff
Saute Vi cup chopped onions in
2 tablespoons butter or shor
tening until soft, or 1 teaspoon
onion salt may be added to the
next ingredients.
Brown:
IVi lb. hamburger
2 tablespoons flour
Vz teaspoon garlic salt
Add
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Then add:
Vi teaspoon pepper
Vz teaspoon paprika
Vi teaspoon monosodium
glutamate (Accent)
Simmer 10 minutes. Then add
Vz cup sour cream, and serve.
(Don;t cook). Serve over
boiled rice
Variation: Use stew meat
instead of hamburg and serve
over noodles Serves 6.
Mulligan Stew
Melt in heavy skillet 1
tablespoon shortening. Brown
over medium heat 1 pound
stewing beef, cut in small peices
Add 1 teaspoon salt Stir in 1-10
ounce can tomato soup and 1 soup
can of water. Cover tightly and
let cook slowly one hour or till
tender.
When meat is tender, add
3 carrots, cut in thick slices
3 potatoes, pared and quartered
3 medium onions halved
Cover and continue cooking
slowly, about 30 minutes. If there
is not enough liquid, add more
water during cooking. If stew is
too thin, take off lid and cook
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Deviled Clams